Norway in a Nutshell Video Tour With Rick Steves

Intro Let’s start our summer in Norway. A good time to visit the Scandinavian countries is in the warm summer season, unless you are a determined Alpine or Nordic skier! There are several ways to spend time in Norway including visits to its major cities and cultural attractions but in this video sample we catch […]

HD Video Tour the Pisa Cathedral, Pisa, Italy

  Worldsiteguides features many of the world’s most spectacular and important historical sites.  Many of the sites are the greatest cathedrals in the world, including the Pisa Cathedral right next to the more famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. The Pisa Cathedral is worth touring even without any leaning towers, dating all the way back to […]

Video Tour Belfast and Northern Ireland with Rick Steves

I recently posted a tour of the Republic of Ireland and referenced this post of Northern Ireland. So I thought it would be better to post about Northern Ireland while the other tour is fresh in the minds of those who have seen it. And for those who haven’t see it, here is the link […]

Video Tour the Irish Republic with Rick Steves

In 2015 I posted  Video Tour Belfast and Northern Ireland with Rick Steves with a 2017 update and it has proved to be a popular post. If you haven’t seen it, take a look after you digest this post. I think you’ll like it. In that post, I said I would do a post on […]

Saint Peter’s Basilica – Rome, Italy – The World’s Largest Christian Church

Introduction to Saint Peter’s Basilica St. Peter’s Basilica (Italian: San Pietro in Vaticano) is a major basilica in Vatican City, an enclave of Rome. St. Peter’s was until recently the largest church ever built and it remains one of the holiest sites in Christendom. Contrary to what one might reasonably assume, St. Peter’s is not […]

The Vatican City – Take a Rick Steves Narrated HD Video Tour

Tour the Vatican City with Rick Steves The Vatican City is the home of the Roman Catholic Pope and the government of the Roman Catholic Church worldwide. It has an interesting history and Rick Steves, well known tour guide and tour guidebook author, does a excellent job describing both the history and the important sites […]

Castle-Studded Rhine River Rick Steves Video Tour

Cruising the Rhine in Style This post describes a Rhine River cruise and the several castles along the route, as well as other attractions for the tourist’s enjoyment. Over the past year I have posted several tours of specific castles many narrated by Rick Steves, known worldwide as the a tour guide book author and […]

HD Video Tour Stockholm, Sweden and Vicinity with Rick Steves

    Intro Want to tour Stockholm with Rick Steves and me? It’s a beautiful place to be in the summertime, or so I’m told. I visited Stockholm in October in the late 1980’s on business and I didn’t get to see too much of it. What I did see was memorable, though. The first […]

Cologne Cathedral, Germany – Take the Narrated HD Video Tour

The Cologne Cathedral is one of the world’s most spectacular and important historical sites.  Many such sites are also designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including this one The following Worldsiteguides.com excerpts give an overview of the cathedral’s history and features. The construction of the Cathedral began in the year 1248 when the foundation stone […]

HD Video Tour – Sleeping Beauty Castle Sababurg, Germany

  per Worldsiteguides  Sleeping Beauty Castle History The Sleeping Beauty Castle or Dornröschenschloss as it’s known in German has a long history by itself. However, one cannot talk about Sleeping Beauty Castle without talking about the Brothers Grimm. The two famous German fairy tales writers Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm are the ones who created the […]

Tour Venice in HD Video with Super Travel Guide Rick Steves

My wife, Lynn, and I had the good fortune a number of years ago to take a combination business/pleasure to Venice in the early summer.

HD Video Tour – The Abbey at Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, France

Mont Saint-Michel (pronounced: [mɔ̃ sɛ̃ mi.ʃɛl]; English: Saint Michael’s Mount) is an island commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometre (0.6 miles) off the country’s northwestern coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. 247 acres (100 ha) in size, the island has a population of 44 (2009).[1]

Strasbourg Cathedral, France, World’s Tallest Building from 1647 to 1874 (227 years)

The site of the current Strasbourg Cathedral has for a long time been the location for religious buildings. At first, a Roman temple, dating back to the Roman occupation, was built on this site.

Cathedral of Orvieto, Italy: Signorelli’s Masterpiece

Introduction to Cathedral of Orvieto It’s been a while since I have posted about a cathedral.  The main reason is that I am having increasing difficulty finding a suitably great/famous cathedral and a good, narrated HD video tour of it. Here is a cathedral that passed my tests and has impressive artistic features that make […]

Tour Buckingham Palace with Katie Couric

Historic Buckingham Palace It’s been a while since I have featured a Great Castle/Palace post. The main reason is that it is getting more difficult to find a worthy Castle/Palace candidate paired with a high quality narrated video tour. I have located a few more candidates and will be offering more posts in coming weeks/months. […]

Enjoy the Sights and Sounds of the Salzburg Area of Scenic Austria

Introduction My only contact with the sights and sounds of the Salzburg area of Austria comes from the movie The Sound of Music. If you have seen the Sound of Music, you have seen much of the beauty of Austria in the summertime, even though the plot of the movie had some very serious aspects. […]

Imperial Grandeur in the Residenz: Munich, Germany

On this tour Rick takes us through a different kind of “castle” or “palace” in Munich called The Residenz.

Even though it doesn’t have impressive walls or towering spires it is an impressive complex with a rich history dating back to the late fourteenth century.

Great Cathedrals of the World Notre – Dame Basilica of Montreal, Canada

Big enough to hold 4,000 worshipers and breathtaking in the richness of its interior furnishings, the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal is a magnificent Neo-Gothic church.

Norway in a Nutshell – Week One of Summer Vacation Series

Let’s start our summer in Norway. The warm summer season is a good time to visit the Scandinavian countries unless you are a determined Alpine or Nordic skier! There are several ways to spend time in Norway including visits to its major cities and cultural attractions but in this video sample we catch a glimpse […]

Milan Cathedral, Italy – World’s Great Cathedrals

An exceptionally large and elaborate Gothic cathedral on the main square of Milan, the Duomo di Milano is one of the most famous buildings in Europe. It is the largest Gothic cathedral and the second largest Catholic cathedral in the world.

Prague Castle and More w/ Rick Steves – HD Video Tour

IntroI’ve been fascinated by the City of Prague for the past few years and I don’t really know what got it started.It’s a beautiful city and it has a rich history​.I recently happened to see a picture of the city in the springtime and it motivated me to look again into this city and see […]

Mucky Secrets – Part 12 – Boxfishes, Puffers & Porcupine Fishes – Lembeh Strait

IntroBubblevision is a YouTube channel full of nearly a hundred underwater video clips, most of which were filmed by a team led by Nick Hope.If you like underwater video of strange and beautiful sea creatures you’ve got to subscribe to the YouTube Bubble Vision channel.I do.The man behind Bubble vision is Nick Hope. Nick is […]

Great Castles of the World – Windsor Castle, England

My wife, Lynn and I had the good fortune to visit Windsor Castle in the mid 1980s on a fast-paced visit to the London area following a business trip to Lausanne, Switzerland.

HD Video Tour Galilee, Israel: Sacred Sites Along the Sea with Rick Steves

  I’m kind of excited to share this video about a Tour of Galilee, Israel: Sacred Sites Along the Sea with Rick Steves because my wife, Lynn and I have been to these sites! We were baptized in the Jordan River; took the boat ride; saw the Church of Mensas Christi; went to the Mt. […]